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“Votre curé, continua Brichot, en voyant qu’il m’intéressait, fait venir les mots en hon, home, holm, du mot holl (hullus), colline, alors qu’il vient du norois holm, île, que vous connaissez bien dans Stockholm, et qui dans tout ce pays-ci est si répandu, la Houlme.” — Proust, Sodome et Gomorrhe—Volume 2. Es así que aprendo…
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I have tried to discover the motivation for my opposition to the burqa — an Islamic accoutrement par excellence. Is it based on just reasons or on my Christian bias. I am an atheist, however, I am culturally Christian. I was raised under a docile and nominal Catholicism — the sort that Constantine the Great…
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I have tried to discover the motivation for my opposition to the burqa — an Islamic accoutrement par excellence. Is it based on just reasons or on my Christian bias. I am an atheist, however, I am culturally Christian. I was raised under a docile and nominal Catholicism — the sort that Constantine the Great…
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Prague is a medieval city crowned by the halo of communism—faded tricolored tenements circumscribe the historic quarters. Without, thick forests and lush rolling fields of green. Atop a hill lies the architectural patina that is Prague Castle, overlooking the Vltava-lascerated Bohemian city. At its heart is St. Vitus Cathedral, a juggernaut of flying buttresses—I still…
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Después de media hora — quizá más — el bosque da paso a las montañas desnudas: totalmente descubiertas. Esta vez, meses tras mi última visita, se visten de un verde notable. Entre el bosque y el vacío hay una muralla de rocas — división artificial. Luego al instante aparece un edificio construido del mismo material…
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Not too long ago, I smiled when I chanced upon an article in the New York Times that made mention of Thucydides. To-day, I had the thrilling experience of encountering Herodotus in the Guardian. The latest findings confirm what was said about the matter [i.e., the origin of the Etruscans] almost 2,500 years ago, by…
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Mi vida aumentaría en credibilidad si fuese narrada, si tuviese una voz explicando cada uno de mis pensamientos, miedos e inquietudes, e.g., “Él hablaba con una honestidad, de una forma franca que nacía de una intensa soledad. Al expresarse directamente, sin rodeos, él tratraba de escalar aquella división y por fin tener una amistad con…
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“Allegory, mother of all dogmas, is the replacement of the seal by the hallmark, of reality by shadow; it is the falsehood of truth, and the truth of falsehood” — Eliphas Levi. I felt the warmth suffocate, holding me instantly without hesitation in its circumscribing embrace. Perforce, I shut my eyes as my body resolved…
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He followed me in my darkness as I struggled to find balance on an uneven and opaque path. I felt a blade — his — cutting into flesh, tearing my back asunder with its piercing metal-bitter edge. — Ugh, I modestly moaned, groping for clarity, something to bolster me: for life!
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According to The Guardian: Hillary Clinton emerged as the clear winner from the first debate between the Democratic candidates in the 2008 presidential race – ahead of her main rival Barack Obama – according to those present in the audience1. The article goes on to expound on the great performance by Mrs. Clinton vis-à-vis Mr.…